LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)  Kentucky will report what officials call a "minor" NCAA violation regarding the proportion of athletes to non-athletes that live in Wildcat Lodge, best known as the home of the university's basketball players.

Sixteen athletes and 12 non-athletes live at Wildcat Lodge, numbers the university released last week after reports surfaced of an alleged rape at the dormitory. There are 33 beds at Wildcat Lodge, Kentucky athletics department spokesman Scott Stricklin said Monday. (Related item: School officials quiet about alleged rape)

He said an NCAA rule implemented in the late 1980s said the number of non-athletes living in a dormitory must be at least one more than the number of athletes living in the same facility.

Stricklin said Kentucky had always interpreted that rule to mean there must be more beds for non-athletes than for athletes. But last week, he said the university's NCAA compliance officer, Sandy Bell, learned of a 10-year-old NCAA interpretation of the rule that said the actual number of people, not the number of beds, are what should be counted.

"It was a misapplication of the rule that was not intentional," Stricklin said. "We will address it and make sure we have the proper balance. It wasn't an attempt to circumvent the rule."

Stricklin said the university now holds open two beds at Wildcat Lodge for incoming recruits during their on-campus visits.

Kentucky can either add five non-athletes to the facility's number of residents and eliminate the two open slots, or, if the university wants to keep the two open slots, reduce the number of athletes by one and add four non-athletes, he said.

Earlier this year, Kentucky completed a three-year probation that was placed on the university by the NCAA for more than three dozen football recruiting violations committed between 1998 and 2000.

Kentucky officials mostly mum on rape complaint

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — University of Kentucky officials said little Saturday about an alleged rape reported to have occurred April 20 at Wildcat Lodge, a university residence hall that is home to members of the basketball team and other students.

Lexington police, who are investigating the complaint, have not named the person who filed it or the suspect. No charges had been filed as of Saturday afternoon.

A former Kentucky player, Chuck Hayes, has been questioned by police but has not been told he's a suspect, according to Hayes' agent, Bill Duffy of Walnut Creek, Calif. Duffy said Hayes has retained an attorney.

Duffy said Hayes was declining media interviews.

Kentucky athletic department spokesman Scott Stricklin said Saturday he did not know whether any other players had been interviewed.

Hayes, from Modesto, Calif., finished his four-season career with the Wildcats in March and was named the Southeastern Conference's defensive player of the year.

Kentucky coach Tubby Smith, at the team's awards banquet April 14, introduced a new honor named for Hayes. The Chuck Hayes "Heart of a Champion" award will be presented to "players who use every ounce of God-given talent they were blessed with both on and off the court," according to a recent university news release.

"Anyone who knows Chuck Hayes has no doubt in their mind that this is a fabricated story," Duffy told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Lexington assistant police chief Ken Hall declined to say during a news conference Friday if the person named in the rape complaint had been interviewed by police.

Stricklin said Saturday that the university "remains committed to doing everything we can to assist the police in their investigation" but wouldn't comment further.

A formal complaint about the alleged rape has not been filed with the university, so it is not investigating, UK spokesman Jay Blanton said Saturday. The university is cooperating with the police investigation, Blanton said.

According to the university, 28 people live in Wildcat Lodge — 16 basketball players, 10 non-athletes and two staff members. All guests must be signed in and signed out.

Stricklin said earlier Saturday that Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart wasn't aware of the alleged incident until watching a television news report Thursday. Stricklin said that Barnhart immediately called university President Lee Todd to inform him.

Barnhart had no contact with Lexington police until after that news report, Stricklin said.

Hall said Friday that the alleged rape victim filed the complaint with Lexington police on the afternoon of April 22. The police report said the time of the alleged incident was between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on April 20.

Hall said tests were done at a hospital and that DNA testing will be a part of the investigation. He said the alleged victim, who was 29 years old, and the suspect knew each other.

Hall said he was "not aware of any witnesses" to the alleged incident.

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